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Chapter 72 Opposition from the whole court (please recommend and collect monthly tickets)

But Ma Tang became more and more arrogant as he played, eventually triggering a civil uprising.Tens of thousands of people burned down the tax collector's office and killed dozens of tax collectors. After hearing the news, Ma Tang quickly ran back to Tianjin and did not dare to go to Linqing again.

Now the lid could no longer be closed, and some officials who had conflicts of interest with him took the opportunity to file a petition for impeachment.But Emperor Wanli said nothing. He just relieved Ma Tang of his part-time job and still let him serve as the Tianjin tax supervisor.

Why is this happening? Wang An doesn't know, and neither does Hong Tao.But Wang An said that Ma Tang would go to Concubine Zheng's house every year when he returned to Beijing, bringing several large cars with him.

Without any explanation, he could guess what was in the cart. It was obvious that Ma Tang followed the path of Concubine Zheng. Maybe it was Concubine Zheng who inspired him to become the Tianjin tax supervisor.Considering the extent of Emperor Wanli's favor towards Concubine Zheng, this incident would certainly not be enough to ruin Ma Tang's reputation.

It's a pity that Emperor Wanli was killed by Hong Tao. Although Concubine Zheng still looks like a noble concubine, with a status second only to the empress dowagers of the two palaces, she is nothing without the emperor's protection. How can she continue to have such an important job as a tax supervisor? Let him control it.

Being greedy is just an excuse. Even if there is no crime, you have to find a reason to replace it. It is just a matter of time.The cake is so big. The officials cut off a big piece, the nobles also have to cut a piece, and the clan still has to cut a piece. There is really not much left for the emperor.

If you want to accumulate power, you must first have someone, the so-called confidant.But if you want your confidants to be loyal, you have to give them benefits. Anything less is not enough.These benefits all come from the emperor's piece of cake, such as tax supervisors, positions that do not require the approval of the outer court and are relatively lucrative.

This is common sense and truth.Even a heaven-defying time traveler like Hong Tao still cannot simply change at all, and must abide by it in the early stages.All he can do now is to use God's Eyes to divide the cake as much as possible, and then use these benefits to attract more people to become a community of interests.

In the future, if his subordinates are not fully protected, there will also be horse gangs. The difference is that the degree may not be so serious, and the methods will be more subtle, but the essence is the same.

It doesn't matter whoever becomes the emperor, the civil servant group, the military attache group, the noble clan, the eunuchs, the landlords and gentry... no interest group will just watch the cake that belongs to them be taken away by others, even if the other party is the emperor.

In order to protect this piece of cake, they dared to trample on all the rules in the world, including killing the emperor.In fact, this is what they did. There were successes and failures. Generally speaking, there were more successes. At least they maintained this system that was beneficial to them.

It is far from enough for one time traveler to change this system, but it is not impossible.Hong Tao wanted to try it. He thought he had a very special weapon, time.

As long as the time is long enough and reaches a level beyond the reach of mortals, many things will not be that difficult.Time can increase the number of communities of interest and eliminate enemies without bloodshed.

Of course, before the time condition is met, Hong Tao must ensure that he can survive, otherwise everything will be in vain.No matter how many theories there are, you have to live to maintain them. Whoever lives longer is the truth!

Yuan Keli was asked to build a plank road openly and covertly to develop the navy, but the courtiers did not pay much attention to it for the time being.In their eyes, water transport is a huge system, and it is difficult for just one or two officials to make changes.It is human nature for a new emperor to arrange several close ministers in positions where they are relatively rich. Who will follow you if you don't give them any benefits?

Ordering Dongchang to secretly arrest Tianjin's tax inspector Ma Tang also did not attract much attention. The courtiers would be happy if the emperor could arrest all tax inspectors across the country.To put it bluntly, tax inspectors are the ones sent by the emperor to make money. They are the ones who compete with officials and nobles for cakes. The fewer the better.

However, the idea of ​​reducing the treatment of clan members immediately caused quite a commotion as soon as the news came out from the cabinet.First of all, the objection was not to members of the clan, but to the imperial censor who served as the supervisory department of the imperial court.Here is a brief explanation of the rules of official documents of the Ming Dynasty. Generally speaking, the official documents from bottom to top mainly include the memorial version, the title version, the unveiling, the memorial, the copy, the unveiling, and the translation. Among them, the memorial version, the title version, and the unveiling are relatively Commonly used.

Officials of the fourth rank and above had private matters that they wanted to tell the emperor but did not want others to know, so they could write memorials.After writing it, send it to Huiji Gate and hand it over to the gatekeeper and then forward it to the emperor.The memorial is kept secret until the emperor approves it, and no one knows what is written in it.

Another form of report that officials used to report to the emperor was called the title book, which was a formal document. It was written in two copies and had to be filed with the General Affairs Department and the Sixth Section Gallery before it could be sent to the emperor.The process was not kept confidential, and the content was basically disseminated when the Six Section Gallery copied and archived it.

There is also a form of memorial called Jie Tie, which is a pure report. Like the memorial, it does not need to be filed before the emperor reads it.However, compared with the memorial, the emperor paid relatively little attention to the unveiling, and often did not read it at all.

In later TV dramas, movies and literary works, the most common way for officials to report to the emperor was in the form of memorials. This form only appeared in the Qing Dynasty and did not exist in the Ming Dynasty.

Title books, memorials, and announcements all have strict writing formats, including font size, paper length, number of words, etc., which must be completely consistent, just like official documents of later generations. If you write incorrectly, you will be criticized and even punished.

What Emperor Hong first received was the title book, which was written by the imperial officials and had rich and colorful content.Some start from the overall stability of the situation, some start from the laws of our ancestors, some start from human nature and family ties, and some draw warnings from historical lessons.

There was only one purpose, to persuade the emperor to give up his dangerous thoughts.But no one has mentioned what can be done to reduce expenditures and replenish the national treasury. They are just talking about it, only finding faults and never making specific suggestions.

Of course Hong Tao ignored him. After reading it for a few days, he simply asked the Chief of Ceremonies to take away all the similar memorials and stop taking them from the desk. If you have time to watch them chattering, why not go to the school grounds and take the little flamers with you? They play football.

Seeing that the emperor was indifferent, the censors naturally refused to give up, or some forces behind them were unwilling to let things go, so they resorted to the second move, writing a title book, making the contradiction public and forcing the emperor to express his position.

They are very familiar with how to fight against the emperor. From ancient times to the present, the official group has always done this. On the one hand, they put the emperor in front to clear the way, and on the other hand, they have to prevent the emperor from having too much power and sharing too much spoils.

"Stop wasting silk and brocade writing inscriptions. Let them sort out their thoughts and select three people to explain their stakes to me face to face the day after tomorrow!"

Will Hong Tao back down in the face of opposition from the imperial censors?The answer is definitely no.He had anticipated this outcome before raising the issue, and it seems that there is still some gap between the situation and the previously expected scenario.

After all, he was the eldest son of Emperor Wanli. His father could withstand the pressure and not go to court for more than ten years. He was at odds with the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty on national issues. A son should not be too timid. There is basically no pressure of this intensity.

(End of this chapter)